Industrywide shortage of Amoxicillin getting to parents

USED TO TREAT PNEUMONIA

BRONCHITIS, BASICALLY CERTAIN

INFECTIONS CAUSED BY BACTERIA

PARENT TELLS US HE COULDN'T

FIND

>> IT AT ANY CVS AT ALL.

FOR HIS SICK CHILD. WRAL'S

MONICA CASEY IS THERE NOW.

MONACO, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT

THIS SHORTAGE?

>> WELL, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO

CBS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS

ISSUE TODAY AND THEY CONFIRMED

THERE IS AN INDUSTRY-WIDE

SHORTAGE OF CERTAIN DOSES OF

AMOXICILLIN. THEY TELL ME

THEY'RE WORKING WITH

MANUFACTURERS TO REPLENISH THE

SUPPLY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> JOHN GILLIAM IS A PARENT

OF 2 AND A CO-WORKER OF OURS AT

WRAL. HIS FAMILY IS DEALING

WITH EAR INFECTIONS. THE KIDS

WOKE UP AND THEY'RE COMPLAINING

ABOUT SORE THROATS AND HOW

THEIR AIR HEARD.

>> SO WE GOT AN APPOINTMENT

RIGHT OVER HERE NEXT TO SOUTH

POINT THEY WERE PRESCRIBED

AMOXICILLIN BUT UNABLE TO GET

IT FROM CVS. NORMALLY GO TO

CBS. IT'S IN THE TARGET OVER

HERE.

>> AND WHEN WE GOT THERE THERE,

LIKE WE HAVE YOUR PRESCRIPTION,

BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT DOSAGE.

GILLIAM TELLS ME HE WAS TOLD

BY PHARMACISTS, KNOW CBS 4

MILES HAD IT AND HE WOULD HAVE

TO TRY WALGREENS. HE FOUND THE

400 MILLIGRAM DOSE HE NEEDED

THERE. BUT THIS ISN'T THE FIRST

DRUG SHORTAGE. HE AND

PHARMACISTS HAVE HAD TO DEAL

WITH. WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE

DRUGS IS FAR AS LIKE THE

ANTIBODIES HAVE BEEN OUT THIS

SEASON. SHORT-TERM MAC MAC

ORDERS RIGHT NOW. STEVE ADKINS

IS THE OWNER OF HEALTH PARK

PHARMACY. HE RECOMMENDS HAVING

ANY PRESCRIPTION PRINTED AT

THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE THAT

PHARMACIES OUT OF THAT

MEDICATION AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE

TO MEET YOUR NEEDS WITH

CHANGING THE CONCENTRATION.

>> YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE

THAT PAPER PRESCRIPTIONS TO

KNOW THAT PHARMACY AND

>> PARENTS HAVE ALSO HAD TO

DEAL WITH SHORTAGES OF

OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS

LIKE MOTRIN AND TYLENOL IN

RECENT MONTHS. EXPERTS SAY YOU

SHOULD NOT HOARD THOSE

MEDICATIONS AND ONLY BUY WHAT

YOU NEED AT

THE TIME.